Putin stated his opinion in a speech from Sochi, he talked about the USD and how it is not the reserve currency that we once had. This was after he had just met with princes from the middle east, it seems Putin has started to form a team, and the US is not a pick. Vladimir also expresses how the US is dismantling its allies and the growing risk on global security, and international relations. He calls for interdependence globally, and looking for new economic ties. He stated that the global leaders are blackmailed into their idealism. That the US has a “self Appointed” leader, and humiliates its partners. Clearly Putin is not a fan of the US. Should he be? He implied that social media in the US is running things. History of the US social media shows he is right. Would we see Russia differently if the media hadn’t portrayed it the way they did? “My whole life I have watched movies like Top Gun, Red Heat, etc. movies, shows and books that influenced so many of us to believe that the Russians were just evil villains, in fact it was instilled in us though many forms of the anti Russia campaign. He however is talking about a much deeper level of media run society. That we are being fed lies, while the truths are manipulated, concealed by TPTB, they say we are safe and things are fine. I personally would rather spend six hundred dollars on PMs than an iphone, but ten million people don’t agree with me. To TPTB us being blind sheep is better than the alternative, each American standing up grabbing a gun, taking out the fiat that doesn’t exist, investing in gold instead of a digital decimal point and seeing just how stable we really are. What the kids are learning now is very different than the lies that were in the text books just a few years ago. The more we withdrew and retreated, the more aggressive Putin has become, he may feel he has to prove himself, show his strength after the cold war era. Vladimir’s campaign seems to be a campaign for anarchy. What he is stating is terrifying because its so true. Out of all the world leaders we have right now, he is the only one that is making any sense of things, and other countries are taking notes, countries seem to be very intrigued at the quite isolated Russian, now not being so quite or isolated. Should we be looking at what Russia is doing it seems like a few counties are climbing on board with going back to a classic gold backing, Germany, The Swiss, China and India not to mention the others on this team like Iran who if they jump ship on the USD well we saw what happened to Saddam and Qudaffie when they bailed on the USD so even though I am a true believer in PMs, I know what the US is capable of and know if they are pushing against the petrodollar and going for the gold we will find a way to make the price of GLD as low as we can.
===He implied that social media in the US is running things. History of the US social media shows he is right.=== he is not right he just sees america with russian eyes and he thinks that things here work almost the same way they work in russia... but why would we discuss what KGB colonel is thinking (just because he is russian president)? why not to discuss what gestapo colonel was thinking? ===Would we see Russia differently if the media hadn’t portrayed it the way they did?=== imho American media's portrayal of russia is correct one. it is sometime simplified (for public consumption), sometimes grotesque, but the genereal idea of american media of what is russia is correct one
I look at it like this. The Cold War was over. We had a chance to make Russia into something close to an ally. Instead George Bush's administration was more interested in rubbing their nose in the fact that we won the Cold War and they didn't. Then Obama went even further and tried to restart the Cold War. it is one of the few things he has succeeded at. I harbor no illusions about Putin or Russia, but you have to ask yourself, are we better off with them as our friends or as our enemies?
I would like to see a poll who would be more trustworthy as President of US. Putin, Hillary or Obama. You know if necessary he could produce citizen papers to the standards Obama had to meet.